I'm Becoming More Squeamish. I Didn't Use

Running Gave Me A Focus To Start Looking After Myself, To Eat Properly, And Focus On Building Up My Strength.

I Have Been Acting For 32 Years Now And I Feel So Lucky To Be Able To Have Done Exactly What I Wanted To Do.

I Like To Think I'm A Listener, And I'm Fascinated By Observing People - I Suppose You Just Lock That In.

I Was On Holiday Recently And I Came Home To Find That One Of The Papers Here Had 'bikini'd' Me On The Beach. I Was Wearing A Grossly Unflattering Costume And They Had Published Photographs Of Me Taken From Behind. I Looked Dreadful. I Went Into Our Local Newsagent And Bought Up Every Copy.

I'd Been Gearing Up To Working In Theatre Since Coming Out Of Drama School, But It Was An Exciting Time For Tv Drama - It Was The Birth Of Channel 4, And Brookside Was Very Cutting-edge At The Time.